Technology improvements key to feeding world in 2050

Predictions include more focus on biological pest control, creative ways to find places to grow food

Technology already has improved farm irrigation methods dramatically. Here, center-pivot irrigated farms are seen in the Dallam County in the Texas Panhandle. The advent of center-pivot irrigation combined with low energy precision application, which applies water closer to the ground and reduces evaporation loss, has led to better farming yields with less water usage than in the past.

Technology already has improved farm irrigation methods...

Farmers already can let satellites guide their combines, smartphones control their irrigation systems and sensors control driverless tractors.

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